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These, journeying to the palace, consumed the herds of Ulysses at their feasts.1 And Penelope was compelled to
promise that she would wed when the shroud of
Laertes was finished, and she wove it for three years, weaving it by day and
undoing it by night. In this way the suitors were deceived by Penelope, till she was
detected.2
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1 As to the reckless waste of the suitors, see Hom. Od. 14.80-109.
2 As to Penelope's web, see Hom. Od. 19.136-158; Hyginus, Fab. 126.
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